Scientists argue over whether some animals have the brains for suffering.

Abandoned fishing gear is a big problem. But a small army is training to tackle it.

Instead of tossing it, fisheries should capture the protein and fat left in water and use it to feed humans and animals a second time around.

A new study used DNA testing to reveal shark meat being sold under generic fish names.

The gruesome deaths raise serious questions about the practices of fishing trawlers.

It takes the controversial stance that more fish doesn't necessarily mean better fish.

The recent UN biodiversity report states that overfishing is a bigger threat to the world's ocean than plastic or acidification.

If it weren't for an added colorant, it would be grey or white like most of the other fish on display at the store.

George Monbiot, who is touring his new book Heat, spoke in Vancouver last week. It was riveting, inspirational, and depressing all at once. Ecoshock, an environmental internet radio station, will be posting a recording of Monbiot's speech. Ecoshock is

The Guardian columnist and environmental thinker George Monbiot usually manages to provoke a strong debate in our comments sections. Some time ago, our post on his new book Heat raised a fierce exchange of views about the impacts of flying, meanwhile his

The 2007 Be The Change Conference is fast approaching and has an amazing line up of speakers to inspire you with the theme "The Sky's the Limit". For the fourth year in a row the BTC conference brings together world leaders in sustainability and social

George Monbiot, everyone's favourite controversial climate commentator, launched the Be The Change conference with a bang here in London yesterday. He leaped off the starting blocks with the statement that not only is it imperative that we reduce Co2

The Be The Change conference last week was chock-a-block full of fascinating speakers, enlightening information and inspiring actions. So far we've shared George Monbiot and Richard Reed's presentations and Drew Dellinger's poetry. We're just sorry we

A lot of people have called George Monbiot a lot worse, but he calls himself a fructivist, which is not defined in any online dictionaries, but appears to derive from the latin fructificare or fructus, meaning fruit. He calls himself obsessed with

In his erudite analysis of the global warming issue, Don Blankenship of Massey Coal expressed his opinion about the future of polar bears:

The debate over the true ecological sustainability of biofuels, the effects on global food prices, and their oft-heard claims of carbon-neutrality has been played out on TreeHugger in great detail. Adding a new

The American public is deathly afraid of the kind of changes we actually face -- such as, the end of consumer culture, the gross loss of value in suburban real estate (which

In the UK and Canada, manufacturers are urging the government to give consumers money to get old cars off the road and into newer, lower emission vehicles and "catalyse a new low carbon transport revolution." George

Image credit: HowStuffWorks Environmentalism and Alternative Medicine - Oil and Water? George Monbiot is undoubtedly no stranger to controversy - my post about his climate change book, Heat, drew 81 comments, while his well publicized opposition to

George Monbiot is at it again, causing controversy by saying "Environmentalism may be emotional but it should always be based on science, not like the wishful thinking behind natural remedies."-Environmentalism must be fact based and there is no room

EvanEco: Carnival of the Green 172 by Don Bosch "Got milk? Grab a glass of the white stuff and a chocolate chip cookie, and join me for some green bloggy goodness..."Guardian Ethical Living: Ethical Superstore and Natural Collection merge into giant

Matt recently wrote Eat Like It's 1975 to Save the Planet: New Report Links Obesity, Energy Consumption & Climate Change, which said We need to be doing a lot more to reverse the global trend towards fatness, and recognize it as a

George Monbiot told us that flying is dying; London artist Richard DeDomenici tells us that a return transatlantic flight is equivalent in CO2 and pollution output to driving a car 30 miles a day for a year. So the artist/humorist has

Since the Viet Nam war, Canadians (and some Americans) have been sewing Canadian flag patches on their backpacks when they travel to distinguish themselves from their neighbours. But they will be ripping them off soon, as the country becomes an

It is the battle of the M&Ms; vs the L&Ls; the Munk debate in Toronto about the statement "Climate change is mankind's defining crisis, and demands a commensurate international response" with Bjorn Lomberg and Nigel Lawson duking it out

Images via Cop15 opening film 'Please Help The World' This is the first in a series of guest posts by journalist and climate change communications strategist Ella Saltmarshe When we think about the future of the world, it's mostly bad. I'm not sure when

The Guardian's George Monbiot talks about climate deniers, junk science, and the need for nuclear.

Actually, we have been down this road before...

No they don't. Whether or not you buy into this study, the fact remains that cars are cars are cars.

George Monbiot on how electric vehicles are not the answer.

"Let’s abandon this disastrous experiment."

It would be hard to find a cooler looking vacation home than one of these cabins...

I get the design part, but is it really sustainable?

These spikes might be intermittent. But they are getting bigger and more frequent.

Fortunately, that's not the only change in their building regulations.

Even with falling subsidies, solar still makes sense.

Mandatory solar panels are not the biggest deal here.

I am sorry, they are a dumb idea, and the data prove it.

Blogging like it's 1999 might make sense for a lot of people.

Instead of an exciting adventure, we got a road not taken.

By 2030, 70% of the country's electricity could come from renewables.

2018 was not a good year for those fighting the war against the war against coal.

This is how to do climate action the right way.

He says it is all part of the grand plan and we shouldn't worry.

The material could also one day charge our devices.

This soil-free smart garden promises fresh greens and veggies that are grown as local as it gets.

The material can also heal itself to keep medical devices running indefinitely.

A consumer product guide compiled along with iFixit shows which brands make it easy to fix our gadgets and which don't.

This truly is just what we needed.

The device is so thin it could be woven into fabric without changing the feel of it.